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On a very general level, class action lawsuits involve a band of people in some capacity: A collective class, even bound together over the issue of a defective product, suing a defendant, or a group of defendants, multiple negligent companies, for instance, being sued by a single person. While more class action lawsuits are filed for product liability claims, other types of cases end up in court, too, including shareholders suing for fraud, workers, and residents over environmental disasters.

Each case, which may be filed in either state or federal court, class action lawsuits has its pluses. Because less witnesses overlap, the trial process inevitably moves along faster, while the cost of litigation tends to be lower than for separate plaintiffs filing alone.

On the other hand, these types of cases do tend to have drawbacks. Before the class action even progresses, the collective group must be defined as a class. Federal courts, as well, may conclude class actions if the defendants are state governments or officials or if the plaintiffs number less than {one hundred,100.

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